Recent Discussions

Discussion published by Katharine White on Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Reminder: CFA: USHMM Virtual Faculty Seminar: Bioethics, Disease, and the Holocaust, Jan 3-7, 2022 (Deadline 31 October 2021)

The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum announces the call for applications for the 2022 Jack and Anita Hess Virtual Faculty Seminar on the topic of “Bioethics, Disease, and the Holocaust.” This year’s Seminar will draw on an interdisciplinary body of scholarship to make clear how the history of the Holocaust informs the fields of bioethics and public health, and vice-versa, addressing questions such as: What are the legacies of the Nazis’ uses and abuses of scientific

Discussion published by Alon Confino (IHGMS) on Wednesday, October 20, 2021

ANN: "Encounters: Conversations on Racism, Antisemitism, and Islamophobia" -- A conversation with A. Dirk Moses on his book “The Problems of Genocide: Permanent Security and the Language of Transgression”

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Event
Date: 
October 19, 2021
Discussion published by Yael Ben Avi on Wednesday, October 20, 2021

CFP (Symposium)- Repairing Past Wrongs? The Impact of the Luxembourg Agreement on Compensation of Historical Injustices, 17 November 2022, Jerusalem (Deadline 31 December 2021)

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Call for Papers
Date: 
December 31, 2021
Discussion published by Erika Suchecki, H-Net Staff on Wednesday, October 20, 2021

FEATURED JOB: 2022-2023 Annual Fellowships - Join a Dynamic, Multidisciplinary Community of Holocaust Scholars - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (Deadline 15 November 2021)

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Home Office Notices (Jobs, Reviews)
Location: 
District Of Columbia, United States
Discussion published by Aleksandra Komornicka on Wednesday, October 20, 2021

CFP (Conference): Businesses, banks and the making of Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), 1957-1992, 25-26 April 2022, Glasgow (Deadline 15 December 2021)

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Call for Papers
Date: 
April 25, 2022 to April 26, 2022

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Recent Reviews

Review published on Thursday, August 19, 2021
Author: 
Anna Maria Busse Berger
Reviewer: 
Jonathan O. Wipplinger

Wipplinger on Berger, 'The Search for Medieval Music in Africa and Germany, 1891-1961: Scholars, Singers, Missionaries (New Material Histories of Music)'

Anna Maria Busse Berger. The Search for Medieval Music in Africa and Germany, 1891-1961: Scholars, Singers, Missionaries (New Material Histories of Music). Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2020. xii + 351 pp. $49.34 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-226-74034-8. 

Review published on Monday, August 16, 2021
Author: 
Javier Samper Vendrell
Reviewer: 
Christopher Ewing

Ewing on Samper Vendrell, 'The Seduction of Youth: Print Culture and Homosexual Rights in the Weimar Republic'

Javier Samper Vendrell. The Seduction of Youth: Print Culture and Homosexual Rights in the Weimar Republic. German and European Studies Series. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2020. Illustrations. xiii + 261 pp. $32.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-4875-2503-3; $80.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4875-0734-3; $32.95 (e-book), ISBN 978-1-4875-3606-0.

Reviewed by Christopher Ewing (Virginia Commonwealth University) Published on H-German (August, 2021) Commissioned by Matthew Unangst (SUNY Oneonta)

Review published on Thursday, May 27, 2021
Author: 
Helmut Walser Smith
Reviewer: 
John Breuilly

Breuilly on Smith, 'Germany: A Nation in Its Time; Before, During, and After Nationalism, 1500-2000'

Helmut Walser Smith. Germany: A Nation in Its Time; Before, During, and After Nationalism, 1500-2000. New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2020. Illustrations. xvi + 590 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-87140-466-4. 

Reviewed by John Breuilly (London School of Economics) Published on H-German (May, 2021) Commissioned by Matthew Unangst (Jacksonville University)

Review published on Thursday, May 6, 2021
Author: 
Alina Dana Weber
Reviewer: 
Heidi L. Nees

Nees on Weber, 'Blood Brothers and Peace Pipes: Performing the Wild West in German Festivals'

Alina Dana Weber. Blood Brothers and Peace Pipes: Performing the Wild West in German Festivals. Madison: University of Wisconsin, 2019. 424 pp. $89.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-299-32350-9.

Reviewed by Heidi L. Nees (Bowling Green State University) Published on H-German (May, 2021) Commissioned by Matthew Unangst (Jacksonville University)

Review published on Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Author: 
Gavriel David Rosenfeld
Reviewer: 
Brian Crim

Crim on Rosenfeld, 'The Fourth Reich: The Specter of Nazism from World War II to the Present'

Gavriel David Rosenfeld. The Fourth Reich: The Specter of Nazism from World War II to the Present. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. xi + 399 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-108-49749-7. 

Reviewed by Brian Crim (University of Lynchburg) Published on H-German (April, 2021) Commissioned by Matthew Unangst (Jacksonville University)

Review published on Monday, February 22, 2021
Author: 
Marco Bellabarba
Reviewer: 
Kurt J. Baird

Baird on Bellabarba, 'Das Habsburgerreich 1765-1918'

Marco Bellabarba. Das Habsburgerreich 1765-1918. Translated by Barbara Kleiner. Munich: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2020. x + 193 pp. $34.99 (cloth), ISBN 978-3-11-067488-0.

Reviewed by Kurt J. Baird (University of York) Published on H-German (February, 2021) Commissioned by Jasper Heinzen (Department of History, University of York)

Review published on Wednesday, August 5, 2020
Author: 
Stephen Milder
Reviewer: 
Andrew S. Tompkins

Tompkins on Milder, 'Greening Democracy: The Anti-Nuclear Movement and Political Environmentalism in West Germany and Beyond, 1968–1983'

Stephen Milder. Greening Democracy: The Anti-Nuclear Movement and Political Environmentalism in West Germany and Beyond, 1968–1983. New Studies in European History Series. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. 300 pp. $105.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-107-13510-9. 

Review published on Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Author: 
Sarah Thomsen Vierra
Reviewer: 
Brian Van Wyck

Van Wyck on Vierra, 'Turkish Immigrants in the Federal Republic of Germany: Immigration, Space, and Belonging, 1961-1990'

Sarah Thomsen Vierra. Turkish Immigrants in the Federal Republic of Germany: Immigration, Space, and Belonging, 1961-1990. Publications of the German Historical Institute Series. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 282 pp. $105.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-108-42730-2.

Reviewed by Brian Van Wyck (Harvard University) Published on H-German (May, 2020) Commissioned by Jeremy DeWaal

Review published on Friday, January 17, 2020
Author: 
Stefan Breuer
Reviewer: 
Nicola Karcher

Karcher on Breuer, 'Die Nordische Bewegung in der Weimarer Republik'

Stefan Breuer. Die Nordische Bewegung in der Weimarer Republik. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2018. 270 pp. $68.00 (paper), ISBN 978-3-447-11019-8.

Reviewed by Nicola Karcher (Østfold University College) Published on H-German (January, 2020) Commissioned by Jeremy DeWaal

Review published on Monday, December 30, 2019
Author: 
Peter C. Caldwell, Karrin Hanshew
Reviewer: 
Prof. Dr. Jacco Pekelder

Pekelder on Caldwell and Hanshew, 'Germany Since 1945: Politics, Culture, and Society'

Peter C. Caldwell, Karrin Hanshew. Germany Since 1945: Politics, Culture, and Society. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018. xiii + 366 pp. $31.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-4742-6241-5.

Reviewed by Prof. Dr. Jacco Pekelder (Universiteit Utrecht) Published on H-German (December, 2019) Commissioned by Jeremy DeWaal

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